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Lady Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time Paralympic gold medallist, was among those who spoke out in the House of Lords against the controversial welfare reform bill, which proposes to cut disability benefits by £30 a week.

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september 2016 by asterisk2a

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Is Stephen Crabb the man to tackle this age of extreme inequality? | Anne Perkins | Society | The Guardian

The Panama Papers will lead to the dynamiting of Tory credibility, but new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, is unlikely to prove the saviour of his party’s reputation //&! http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/12/stephen-crabb-relentless-focus-improving-life-chances-welfare-universal-credit

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july 2016 by asterisk2a

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The full text of Stephen Crabb's speech announcing his bid to be Prime Minister - Stephen Crabb - Wales Online

&! https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/news/76733/transcript-stephen-crabb-speech-launching &! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/4-most-cringe-moments-stephen-8311655 &! theguardian.com/politics/conservative-leadership

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july 2016 by asterisk2a

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Andrea Leadsom’s pitch for the Tory leadership: our writers’ verdict | The panel | Opinion | The Guardian

But Leadsom staked out more terrain on the left. Workers’ rights previously guaranteed by the EU would be safe and even “enhanced”. Top boardroom pay was often undeserved and needed to be reined in. If there was money to give away, it would go on tax cuts for the lowest paid: “The richest people in Britain will not be my priority.” //&! blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/want-guide-britain-sunlit-uplands-full-text-andrea-leadsoms-leadership-speech/ &! youtu.be/ezy1WUTUYE8 //&! I will do everything in my power to keep the United Kingdom United. [ may replace/upgrade the block grant to make up for lost EU funding and extra. to avoid indyref 2 ] [...] But my real passion in politics is my desire for social justice – for a transformation of our society. [...] and my absolute commitments it to the emotional health of our nation. [ she really takes centre ground! ] //&! Liam Fox - amfox.co.uk/news/new-priorities-new-vision &! theguardian.com/politics/conservative-leadership

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july 2016 by asterisk2a

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Martin’s already lost almost everything – he voted leave to spread the pain | Frances Ryan | Opinion | The Guardian

“I’ve got nothing to lose.” [ can't imagine the slog to get any harder ]

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june 2016 by asterisk2a

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Government Faces Labour Questions Over Universal Credit Risks

documents obtained under freedom of information showed a risk of fraudulent activity and cyberattacks. [...] It was finally disclosed this month by the department after a freedom of information request by John Slater, a former IT project manager, and Tony Collins, an investigative journalist, following a four-year legal battle. [...] The documents, which date from 2012, contain a line in which parts of the project are described as “pushing above the programme funding envelope”. They also raise concerns that the programme lacks a “robust framework of assurances”, which means “rework” may be needed if elements of the project are “not fit for purpose”. Fears over staffing are described, with concerns over “skilled staff resources not in the right place at the right time”. [...] “shocking” to see “essential considerations” like fraud and cyber security not being “at the core of [UC]” from the start.

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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Capitalism and Mental Health: How the Market Makes Us Sick

POVERTY TRAP! // we were never as miserable as a nation as ever before.

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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Testing times ahead for Universal Credit

[ in real terms cuts through the back door. spin doctor and positioning ] Universal Credit was meant to bring "radical changes" to people's real incomes and incentivise them to move off benefits and into work, according to David Finch, a former economic analyst at the DWP.
"But... the strength of the improved incentives it was meant to bring have been gradually eroded," he says, speaking in his current role as a researcher at the Resolution Foundation.
There have been significant tensions between the Treasury and the DWP over its cost.
Last year the government announced funding cuts to the universal credit "work allowance" - reducing the amount people can earn before benefit payments are withdrawn.

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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No one would listen to Stephen Fry if he was poor

Now he expects us to join him in condemning people who have been affected by events they could not possibly control.

And there are many of them. A recent study found that up to 80% of abused people had at least one psychiatric disorder by their 21st birthday: depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide. Schoolyard bullying can be just as destructive, with one study arguing that bullying carried out by other children is five times more likely than neglect or abuse at home to cause anxiety.

Just as the body’s immune system is still forming in childhood, so too is the brain’s stress response. The effects of childhood trauma cannot be overstated: abuse, sexual abuse in particular, is devastating. Children need love, and they need to feel safe. [...] “freedom from prejudice” v “freedom of expression” [...] [being] voiceless

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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Is Stephen Crabb the man to tackle this age of extreme inequality?

The Panama Papers will lead to the dynamiting of Tory credibility, but new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, is unlikely to prove the saviour of his party’s reputation. [...] Last autumn’s U-turn over cuts to working tax credits was a smoke screen. The axe will fall, only not everywhere, not just yet. From this week, existing universal credit claimants will lose up to £220 a month as the work allowance is pared back faster than the national living wage increases to replace it. [...] Short of taking a vow of poverty and retreating like Charles V to a monastery, there is nothing he can say now that will change the perception that he is at the head of a party that has a fundamental personal interest in preserving the advantages of the 1%.

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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Universal credit cuts to lose low-income families up to £200 a month

[ UC is a backdoor welfare cut ] Changes to be introduced on Monday will push more low-paid working families into poverty, charities say. Tens of thousands of low-paid working families can expect to lose up to £200 a month as a result of changes to universal credit introduced on Monday – the first wave of £3bn in welfare cuts that will affect 1m households by 2020. [...] a full-time single parent would have to work a 14-month year. [...] The cuts stem from changes in the work allowance unveiled by the chancellor, George Osborne, in his summer budget a year ago. These drastically reduced the amount people can earn before low-wage top-ups are withdrawn at the rate of 65p per £1 earned.

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april 2016 by asterisk2a

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Pensions stance creates budgetary mayhem

Disability benefits: they are forecast to increase by £2bn over the next five years. Could do something there. Sickness benefits: they are predicted to rise by about £1bn. Might be able to save some of that. But what's this? It's rising by £15bn over the coming five years. That's the one. Off our Martian goes to see the chancellor. "What are pensions?" she asks. That is the problem the government is struggling with. Its political refusal to touch pensions, or pensioner benefits, has in a stroke protected the single biggest cost in the welfare budget. And the cost that is rising the most. [ AND ADD INTO THE SAME BUCKET THE NHS and PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET! ] Welcome to your new job, Stephen Crabb.

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march 2016 by asterisk2a

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Stephen Crabb: 'No further plans' for welfare cuts

BIG BREAKDOWN W INFOGRAPHIC OF THE BUDGET and DWP Budget // A Downing Street spokesman said the government would still deliver on its commitment to save £12bn from welfare by the end of the Parliament in 2020. [...] The Conservative leadership has been under fire - including from some of its own backbenchers - over the cuts to disability payments, which came at the same time as tax cuts for higher earners.
Mr Duncan Smith - who resigned on Friday - said this flew in the face of Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne's oft-repeated claim that "we are all in this together". [...] [ CAMERON ] "None of this would be possible if it wasn't for the actions of this government and the work of the chancellor in turning our economy around." //&! No more welfare cuts, for now - bbc.in/1pGxCV4 - still 2015 budget post-election had £12bn in the card!

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march 2016 by asterisk2a

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Disability benefits U-turn leaves Cameron with £4.4bn to find

David Cameron has been forced to concede that a £4.4bn black hole created by the U-turn over disability benefits will not be filled by further cuts to welfare as he fought to shore up his credibility following the shock resignation of Iain Duncan Smith. The spending climbdown was announced on Monday by Stephen Crabb, the new work and pensions secretary, an hour after Cameron addressed the political crisis engulfing the Conservative party by offering his support to George Osborne and praise for the work of Duncan Smith. [...] but the Treasury clarified the remarks by stressing that there were no plans to fill the £4.4bn gap caused by dropping PIP reforms with further cuts in welfare spending. &! bbc.in/1S10VIg

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march 2016 by asterisk2a

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Lena Dunham: 'Cancerous' effect of online abuse forced me off Twitter - BBC Newsbeat

Twitter is not a "safe space" for Lena Dunham. The Girls' creator has spoken out about the site again, saying the verbal abuse she receives on there has a "cancerous" effect on her. Now she doesn't even know her password. Someone else tweets for her. She told Re/code Decode podcast: "I really appreciate anybody follows me at all, so I didn't want to cut off my relationship [to Twitter] completely, but it really wasn't a safe space for me." She explained the effect of the abuse by using the example of comments she received on her Instagram account after she posted a picture of herself.

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march 2016 by asterisk2a

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Hawking: Humans at risk of lethal 'own goal' - BBC News

Humanity is at risk from a series of dangers of our own making, according to Prof Stephen Hawking. Nuclear war, global warming and genetically-engineered viruses are among the scenarios which he singles out. And he says that further progress in science and technology will create "new ways things can go wrong". Prof Hawking is giving this year's BBC Reith Lectures, which explore research into black holes, and his warning came in answer to audience questions. He says that assuming humanity eventually establishes colonies on other worlds, it will be able to survive. "Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand years. [...] But he also said that future generations of researchers should be aware of how scientific and technological progress is changing the world, and to help the wider public understand it. //&! bit.ly/1RwS7yA

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january 2016 by asterisk2a

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Nuclear 'Command And Control': A History Of False Alarms And Near Catastrophes : NPR

Mankind is a lot better at creating complex technological systems than at controlling them, // "When it comes to nuclear command and control, anything less than perfection is unacceptable because of how devastatingly powerful these weapons are," [...] His new book, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, is a critical look at the history of the nation's nuclear weapons systems — and a terrifying account of the fires, explosions, false attack alerts and accidentally dropped bombs that plagued America's military throughout the Cold War. [...] Command and Control Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

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august 2015 by asterisk2a

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Elon Musk und Stephen Hawking warnen vor autonomen Waffen - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Killer-Roboter klingen mehr nach Hollywood als nach einer akuten Bedrohung der Menschheit. Doch jetzt warnen mehr als tausend Experten für künstliche Intelligenz: Autonome Waffensysteme könnten bald das werden, "was Kalaschnikows heute sind".

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july 2015 by asterisk2a

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Stephen Hawking to answer your questions via his first Reddit forum - CNET

In his first Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) forum, the renowned physicist plans to discuss his concerns that artificial intelligence could one day outsmart mankind if we're not careful.

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july 2015 by asterisk2a

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence - Up Next - YouTube

Back in the 1990s, Jeffrey Hawkins became both rich and famous when he invented the Palm Pilot—a device that in no small way ushered in a whole new era of mobile computing. These days, though, he’s on a far more ambitious mission. His goal: to build a machine that can think and reason on its own by mimicking the workings of the human brain. In this edition of Up Next, Hawkins opines on the both risks and rewards of artificial intelligence. Series: "Up Next: Perspectives on the Future of Everything" [5/2015] // by 2040 there will be no jobs a robot can't do. *Lead of Carnegie Mellon Robotics. // &! Now Bill Gates Is 'Concerned' About Artificial Intelligence - youtu.be/OLHxQBAvWIQ // &! Nick Bostrom - youtu.be/h9LaSfq64E8 youtu.be/aheywElK_U8 << &! Engelbart's Law of Technology Prediction; short-term we will over predict/overestimate and long-run (bc of exponential growth of technology) we underestimate.

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june 2015 by asterisk2a

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Stephen Hawking Extended Interview (HBO) - YouTube

Stephen Hawking +++ Elon Musk book recommendation http://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0199678111 "Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/statuses/495759307346952192

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june 2014 by asterisk2a

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Breaking Things Up: 'Senior Black Correspondent' Gets Colbert Slot : Code Switch : NPR

television execs play further catch-up with reality of how America looks.

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may 2014 by asterisk2a

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Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show - NYTimes.com

http://www.reddit.com/r/transgender/comments/1yrxen/piers_morgan_cancelled_bye/ + http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/433117/february-18-2014/transgender-awareness---janet-mock + http://www.mediaite.com/tv/piers-morgan-goes-after-colbert-for-enabling-janet-mocks-whining/ - http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/433116/february-18-2014/transgender-awareness - Colbert Monologue excellent. Interview relaxed informative. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/433117/february-18-2014/transgender-awareness---janet-mock || http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2563660/Transgender-girl-17-lived-boy-year-ago-receives-death-threats-Miss-England-bid.html + http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2014/02/children-gender-norms-drew-magary.html + http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/02/piers-morgans-many-haters-want-credit-his-shows-demise/358440/ + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmqi3LaTef4 + !!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGMO36FbR4 !!!!

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february 2014 by asterisk2a

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BBC News - Labour MP John Woodcock opens up about depression

+ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23192252 + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22982177 + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21348561 - Fry no on medication for his Bipolar + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23545242 + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23407008 + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23434409 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAZn3hX-A4 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSZ1W6xKxaw + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_IIdf-fr8 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLj7lrAhiuA&list=PLtrlUCEXyGTFB3EmPJI0h1sexogbQGG5P + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23434410 + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22794395 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2bLbf4kBFE

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december 2013 by asterisk2a

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BBC News - Stephen Hawking on death, disability, and humour
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november 2013 by asterisk2a

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Would The World Have Been Better Without Hitler? - Stephen Fry. - YouTube
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september 2013 by asterisk2a

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Petition | International Olympic Committee (IOC): Relocate the 2014 Winter Games to Vancouver | Change.org

Sport is a reflection of Society. What light does it shine on society - to hold the Winter Games in Russia? + >> Reaction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23630868

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august 2013 by asterisk2a

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